Things Left Unspoken

   higher than the sky
 was not e n o u g h

cel wanted   the stars

    cel wanted the explosive beauty
   of gases in motion
         of light   i n   f l i g h t
 cel wanted hope

   but cel knew
      that  s t a r s  don't   last forever

cel knew the importance
  of living in the present

     but that didn't stop
  the  n e e d
    for something greater
(something more defined
         and yet
  more  o b s c u r e )

   the sky was not  e n o u g h
 but it would have to do